Conciliatory Committee and Hakam (arbitrator) under the Islamic family law in Malaysia by Abdul Hak, Nora

“…The article traces in general the historical background of the IFLA 1984. The main focus of the article is on the provisions concerning the dispute resolution, which is provided for under ss 47(5) to (17) and 48 of the IFLA 1984. …”
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Shari'ah inspection of surplus distribution in Takaful operations by Soualhi, Younes

“…The first part would be devoted to revisiting the main financial concepts related to the surplus and profit. …”
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Investigation of tribological issues in microforming: a review by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Banu, A., N., Atiqah

“…These processes are suitable for near net shape or even net shape production. One of the main problems encountered in microforming is the scaling effect that occurs in the tribological aspects; for example, the friction coefficient increases with decreasing specimen size. …”
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Contribution of Muslim scientists to the world: an overview of some selected fields by Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan

“…Islam has its own golden history almost in every sectors of knowledge. The main theological doctrine of Islam, Al Quran also gives the utmost emphasize on pursuing knowledge. …”
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The miracle in the Iron and the Ising model of the Ferromagnet on regular lattice Z^2 by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir

“…In this paper we consider one of them, namely, the miracle in the Iron. One of the main and very useful property of the Iron is to be magnet. …”
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Revisiting Donoghue v. Stevenson: an analysis from the perspective of consumer protection by Amin, Naemah

“…Stevenson from the perspective of consumer protection law with special emphasis on liability for defective product which was the main ratio of the case. Although the principle of manufacturer’s liability for defective product as laid down in Donoghue v. …”
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The right of consumers to reject goods under the Consumer Protection Act 1999 – real or illusory? by Amin, Naemah

“…As the main statute on consumer protection in Malaysia, the Consumer Protection Act 1999 deals with various aspects of consumer protection including a supply of goods. …”
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Sex differences as a statistical variable by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane

“…However, in an age where gender equality is the main target, neither peer reviewers nor students show much interest in gender differences. …”
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Thematic Curriculum Design, a case study: the Chemistry Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course by De Carvalho, Roussel

“…It used a thematic approach and focused on pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and the development of student-teachers’ teaching and learning skills. The main outcomes of the project were the deeper and more meaningful experience that student-teachers had during the 25-week period and the successful implementation of a longer school experience. …”
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Financial development and economic growth: evidence from ten new EU members by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Rault, Christophe, Sova, Robert, Sova, Anamaria

“…This paper reviews the main features of the banking and financial sector in ten new EU members, and then examines the relationship between financial development and economic growth in these countries by estimating a dynamic panel model over the period 1994-2007. …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Accentuating the positive: city branding, narrative and practice by Gold, Margaret, Gold, John Robert

“…This commentary on the contribution made by Kavaratzis and Ashworth (2005) examines the antecedents to which it responded, the key ideas that it offered at the time of publication, and assesses its lasting impact. There are three main sections. The first reflects upon the informal and improvised approaches that characterised place promotion, marketing and branding in the final decades of the twentieth century. …”
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The practical implications of Protocol 14 to the ECHR by Pillar, Alice

“…On 15 January 2010, the Russian Federation was the last of the 47 Parties to the ECHR to ratify the Protocol, which came into force on 1 May 2010. The main purpose of the Protocol is to improve the functioning of the ECtHR, which is currently overburdened by the number of individual applications, by giving it the procedural means and flexibility it needs to process all applications in a timely fashion and at the same time allowing it to concentrate on the most important cases. …”
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A data complexity and rewritability tetrachotomy of ontology-mediated queries with a covering axiom by Gerasimova, Olga, Kikot, Stanislav, Kurucz, Agi, Podolskii, Vladimir, Zakharyaschev, Michael

“…Aiming to understand the data complexity of answering conjunctive queries mediated by an axiom stating that a class is covered by the union of two other classes, we show that deciding their first-order rewritability is PSPACE-hard and obtain a number of sufficient conditions for membership in AC0, L, NL, and P. Our main result is a complete syntactic AC0/NL/P/CONP tetrachotomy of path queries under the assumption that the covering classes are disjoint.…”
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Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850 by Telford, Stephen James

“…The study is divided into two main parts. The first is concerned with the movement of mining away from the outcrops into areas of deeper coal culminating in the colonisation of the remoter coalfield. …”
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Reply to UN Das by Daak, Ahmed A., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Hassan, Zahir, Attallah, Bakhita, Azan, Haj H., Elbashir, Mustafa I., Crawford, Michael A.

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Constitutional change in the United Kingdom: an institutional analysis by King, Fraser H. J.

“…This thesis seeks to explain the lack of significant constitutional change in the UK between 1945 and 1980 and has two main findings. First, and principally, the thesis rejects conventional understandings of the UK constitution based upon Dicey's analysis and the Westminster model of British politics. …”
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Encouraging first year student engagement through a group ‘YouTube’ video assessment by Day, Lisa

“…In 2008-09, London Metropolitan Business School introduced a new suite of Business and Management degrees to replace some existing courses. A main aim of the teaching and learning strategy for the first year is to ‘engage students in their studies; provide ongoing feedback, raise their aspirations and motivation to study’ (London Metropolitan University, 2008:10). …”
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Commentary: stumbling upon indirect self-enhancement in free will beliefs by Ross, Wendy, Firestein, Stuart

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Biomechanical analysis of posterior lumbar interbody aages by Lekthumi, Amutha, Mazlan, Muhammad Hazli, Ahmad, Ida Laila, Abdullah, Abdul Halim, Abd Jalil, Muhammad Hilmi

“…A popular yet effective surgical treatment used in medical field to treat degenerative disc disease related to low back pain is known as the lumbar interbody fusion procedure. One of the main aims of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), using cages or bone grafts are to provide stability during body movements and mechanical support between two vertebrae, maintain disc height and to help out with the fusion process. …”
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